The National Endowment for the Arts reports that in 2002, 6.6 million adults attended at least one opera performance. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/3/13

The country with the largest number of WWII casualties was Russia, with over 21 million. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/4/13

The tiniest cat on record is Mr. Pebbles, a 2-year-old cat that weighed 3 lbs (1.3 k) and was 6.1 inches (15.5 cm) high. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/5/13

A woman's heart typically beats faster than a man's. The heart of an average man beats approximately 70 times a minute, whereas the average woman has a heart rate of 78 beats per minute. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/6/13

The origins of the word "monkey" are unclear. It could come from Moneke, the name of the son of Martin the Ape in a medieval animal story. It appears also to be related to manikin, from the Dutch manneken ("little man"). - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/7/13

To raise depressions in the carpet left by heavy furniture, hold a steam iron close enough for steam to reach the carpet, but don't let the iron touch the carpet. Lift fibers by scraping them with edge of a coin or spoon. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/8/13

People with depression are five times more likely to have a breathing-related sleep disorder than non-depressed people. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/9/13

Each year, 40,000 Americans are infected with the most serious STD (sexually transmitted disease), HIV/AIDS. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/10/13

Hurricanes spin around a low-pressure center called the "eye." Sinking air makes this 20- to 30-mile-wide area calm and free of clouds. A thick ring of clouds called the "eye wall" surrounds the eye and is the strongest part of the hurricane. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/11/13

George Herbert Walker Bush is the only president with four names. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/12/13

Greece is the only country in the world that has perpetuated up to the present the ancient tradition of adding a tree resin to wine to give it a unique sappy taste. Most non-Greeks assert this type of Greek wine or retsina wine is an acquired taste and should be served very cold. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/13/13

Married elderly people are more likely to maintain daily health-promoting habits, such as exercising, not smoking, eating breakfast, and having regular medical check-ups. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/14/13

The board game Monopoly, which first became available in 1935, became immensely popular perhaps because players could become rich - at least in their imagination. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/15/13

Many kids are plugged in to some kind of media for more than seven hours a day, which means their exposure to advertising is at record levels. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/16/13

In spring 2011, 18% percentage of preschoolers were regularly cared for by their father during their mother's working hours. Provided by U.S. Census Bureau

6/17/13

Because Venus rotates very slowly on its axis (taking 243 days to make a complete rotation), a day on Venus is longer than its year. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/18/13

According to the Arab American Institute, there are approximately 140,000 Iraqi Americans living in the U.S. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/19/13

A New Woman's Day and AOL Living poll found that 72% of women surveyed have considered leaving their husbands at some point. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/20/13

The three most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by self-starvation, weight loss, an irrational fear of gaining weight, and a distorted body image. Bulimia nervosa is characterized by a cycle of compulsive binging followed by purging through various means. Binge eating disorder is the most common disorder and is characterized by frequent periods of compulsive overeating without accompanying purging behaviors. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/21/13

CT scans of mummies reveal that heart disease was surprisingly frequent in ancient Egypt, suggesting that heart disease is caused by factors other than modern habits, such as smoking, fast food, and TV watching (inactivity). - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/22/13

The life expectancy at birth in Iraq is approximately 70.55 years, which is ranked 146th in the world. The country with the highest life expectancy is Monaco, at 89.73 years. The United States is 50th, at 78.37 years. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/23/13

The world's oldest bottle of wine dates back to A.D. 325 and was found near the town of Speyer, Germany, inside one of two Roman sarcophaguses. It is on display at the town's Historisches Museum der Pfalz. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/24/13

The human female egg is the largest cell in the human body. It is the only human cell that can be seen with the naked eye. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/25/13

During Biblical times, shoes were seen as a badge of authority because they lifted a person off the ground, differentiating them from barefoot slaves and serfs. They were used to seal a bargain and fathers would give his son-in-law a pair on the wedding day as symbol of transferring authority. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/26/13

Couples around the world who divorce tend to divorce around their fourth year of marriage. After four years, marriages generally stabilize until around eight years. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/27/13

On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/28/13

California is the fourth-largest wine producer in the world, after France, Italy, and Spain. - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/29/13

Google originated at the Stanford School of Engineering as an attempt to catalog and analyze the World Wide Web. It first ran at Stanford with the user name "google.stanford.edu." - Provided by RandomHistory.com

6/30/13

A cat's jaw can't move sideways, so a cat can't chew large chunks of food. - Provided by RandomHistory.com